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Ichidant-R and Columns II Flexes Your Mental Muscles on Oct 17th

This SEGA AGES Update Is For All You Puzzle Fans IRVINE, Calif. – October 3, 2019 – SEGA AGES brings the challenge with two brilliant puzzle games arriving on October 17 only for Nintendo Switch™! Heading to the West for the first time, Ichidant-R pushes the limits of your brain as you hunt for hidden vampires, conduct an orchestra, shoot down UFOs, and much more across 20 wildly varied mini-games that can be enjoyed locally or online! Mega Drive Mode adds in an RPG-like Quest Mode, a unique Competitive Mode designed as a board game for up to four players, and a point-based Free Mode (Note: Mega Drive Mode is presented with Japanese text only). Another title that was previously released only in Japan, Columns II takes everything fans know and love about the original and dramatically increases the value. Not only is there an online versus mode, a Stage […]

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Nintendo Download, Oct. 3, 2019: Yooka-Laylee Returns!

Nintendo Download, Oct. 3, 2019: Yooka-Laylee Returns!

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop, which offers a variety of options for the Nintendo Switch console, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in any Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Account. Customers in the U.S. […]

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Free Super Mario Maker 2 Update Adds the Ability to Play Directly with Friends in Online Multiplayer Modes

Free Super Mario Maker 2 Update Adds the Ability to Play Directly with Friends in Online Multiplayer Modes

Call your friends! After downloading the free Version 1.1.0 update in the Super Mario Maker 2 game, you’ll now have the ability to play co-op and versus multiplayer with people on your Nintendo Switch friends list. The update is available starting today, and lets you hop online* in Multiplayer Versus or Multiplayer Co-op and play with friends, in addition to the previously available option to play with randomly selected players. While playing with friends, you will also be able to select the difficulty in Course World and choose which courses to play from your list of locally saved courses in Coursebot. In addition to this multiplayer update, the free software update also adds a list of Official Makers in the Leaderboards section. Here, you’ll find new courses made by Official Makers, as well as ones created for collaborations or special events, like the courses played in last summer’s Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational […]

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TAKE A DEEP BREATH – SNIPER ELITE 3 ULTIMATE EDITION LAUNCHES TODAY ON NINTENDO SWITCH!

Oxford, October 1st, 2019 – Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition has blitzed onto Nintendo Switch! Fans can now purchase and play Rebellion’s award-winning tactical shooter, available both on the Nintendo eShop and as a boxed edition. To celebrate the launch, Rebellion has released a brand new trailer showcasing the game’s thrilling gameplay on the Nintendo Switch!

Watch the Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition Launch Trailer Nintendo Switch

THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition is the comprehensive collection of OSS agent Karl Fairburne’s assignments in North Africa, 1942. In addition to the intense story campaign, Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition features all of the additional content ever released for the game! That includes four extra campaign levels in which you’ll have to singlehandedly prevent the murder of Churchill and covertly assassinate the Führer in a breathtaking mission that can be completed in multiple ways!

In addition to the base game, Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition on Nintendo Switch includes:

  •  The SAVE CHURCHILL additional mini-campaign, split across three thrilling missions
  •  The iconic TARGET HITLER: HUNT THE GREY WOLF additional campaign mission
  •  8 additional weapon packs featuring 24 extra weapons
  •  6 additional competitive multiplayer maps
  •  The challenging Overwatch co-op mission TWILIGHT STRIKE
  •  The Shooting Range, featuring weapon-specific challenges

EXCLUSIVE SWITCH FEATURES

And Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition on Nintendo Switch offers exclusive new features including:

  •  LOCAL CO-OP AND MULTIPLAYER – In addition to online, Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition supports local wireless multiplayer for the first time! Buddy up through the entire campaign in 2-player local co-op, and in the Overwatch and Survival modes. Take on your mates in local competitive multiplayer for up to 4 players! Or go online with competitive multiplayer for up to 8 players!
  •  MOTION CONTROLS – Fine tune your aiming with gyroscope controls and feel bullet impact with HD rumble!
  •  PRO CONTROLLER SUPPORT – Take your levels of precision sniping up a notch!

Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition takes you across oases, canyons and sand-swept cities in a deadly rush to sabotage a Nazi super weapon. Use devastating traps and melee takedowns to take out your targets stealthily. Hone your sharpshooting by mastering gravity, wind and even your heart rate. Watch your bullets rip through organs, bones and even vehicles in the trademark X-Ray Kill Cam.

For more information, please visit www.sniper.com

GO FULL COWL WITH MY HERO ONE’S JUSTICE 2!

Double Detroit Smash into a brand new MY HERO ONE’S JUSTICE experience as MY HERO ONE’S JUSTICE 2 makes its way to PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC Digital in 2020!

In MY HERO ONE’S JUSTICE 2, players can create a team of three fighters from a huge roster of their favorite heroes and villains and face off against rival teams. Be the first to play MY HERO ONE’S JUSTICE 2 this weekend at New York Comic Con 2019 at the Bandai Namco booth, located at booth #515!

More information is coming your way, so stay tuned!

Ingenium and Seed Interactive to launch Starblox Inc. on Nintendo Switch

Puzzler meets brawler to take players on a whirlwind adventure… in space!

OTTAWA, ON, September 30, 2019 – Nintendo Switch players can now join the team at StarBlox Incorporated – where sorting cargo is a contact sport!

A unique mash up of a puzzler and a brawler, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation – developed the game for Nintendo Switch in partnership with Seed Interactive. Crafted for scientific accuracy by Ingenium’s expert science advisors and curatorial staff, StarBlox Inc. features stunning planetary backdrops which have been meticulously designed to ensure that players are fully immersed in a realistic world.

As players deliver cargo to the far corners of the solar system, each of the planets, moons and asteroids presents new challenges – from black holes to gravity to waves of lava. This interactive game tests quickness and ability to efficiently to beat the competition. But watch out – the shipping world is fierce! An opponent can sabotage work by stealing blocks, delivering punches or even throwing someone in the incinerator!

Game features include:

  •       Two local competitive multiplayer modes for up to four people
  •       Single player “Career mode”
  •       Seventy-two unlockable photobook entries about the planets, moons and asteroids in the game, with images provided by NASA

StarBlox Inc. is now available for pre-purchase in North America, and will launch in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch later this fall.

Ghostbusters™ and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead™ DLC for Into The Dead 2

Ghostbusters Add On and Night of the Living Dead Add On Trailers Released for Into the Dead 2

Baltimore, MD – September 30th – Independent games publisher Versus Evil in partnership with PikPok are proud to release the officially licensed Ghostbusters™ and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead™ mission trailers for their apocalyptic zombie shooter Into The Dead 2 that is coming to Nintendo Switch on October 25th. Fans of the Ghostbusters™ and Night of the Living Dead™ franchises will be reunited with the familiar and iconic characters. In the Ghostbusers Add On, players will have the chance to join the Ghostbusters’ team and join Egon, Winston, Peter, and Ray as a new rookie Ghostbuster recruited to investigate a paranormal disturbance. George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Add On will have players following the story of Ben and his grueling encounters prior to the events of the iconic film. Fans can experience the events of the zombie uprising as they team up with country girl Alice in a […]

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Maximum Games Announces Action-Adventure Game Beast Quest will Arrive on Nintendo Switch this Fall

The game based on Adam Blade’s bestselling fantasy book series will be available October 1, 2019. Walnut Creek, Calif. – September 30th – Top 20 video game publisher Maximum Games today announced Beast Quest will release on Nintendo Switch on October 1, 2019. Previously available on mobile devices, Xbox One, PS4 and Steam, players will be able to experience the game’s rich, progressive storyline, vibrant settings, and a plethora of gameplay challenges for the first time on ever on Nintendo Switch. View the Beast Quest Nintendo Switch trailer here: Or at https://youtu.be/wVxrIlU3DXU Developed by Torus Games, Beast Quest is the first game to take place in the fantasy franchise, which has released over 150 books to date and sold more than 20 million copies globally. Inspired heavily by the universe found in the story, Beast Quest brings the series’ characters and world alive like never before. Beast Quest will take players on an epic journey to save the […]

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Get a Sneak Peek at the World of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield with the Pokémon Live Camera Stream

24-Hour Broadcast Provides Trainers with an Opportunity to Get to Know Pokémon Found in the Galar Region September 27, 2019—The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced that starting Friday, October 4, at 6:00am PDT (2pm BST), Trainers will be able to tune in to a special 24-hour livestream called Pokémon Live Camera. The livestream will broadcast footage from a camera set up in Glimwood Tangle, a strange forest located deep within the Galar region in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Those who tune in to the stream will be able to observe the ecology of the Pokémon that live in this forest, and viewers may even notice things that surprise them. Trainers can watch Pokémon Live Camera at Pokemon.com/SwordShield, YouTube.com/Pokemon, and Twitch.tv/Pokemon from Friday, October 4, at 6:00am PDT (2pm BST) to Saturday, October 5, at 6:00am PDT (2pm BST). Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield launch November 15, 2019, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch™ system. For more […]

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Nintendo Download, Sept. 26, 2019: A Group of Amazing Games Appears!

Nintendo Download, Sept. 26, 2019: A Group of Amazing Games Appears!

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop, which offers a variety of options for the Nintendo Switch console, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in any Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Account. Customers in the U.S. […]

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